St Helens Central railway station
You can reach 25 stations directly from St Helens Central on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Liverpool Lime Street, with 110 trains a day.
See St Helens Central on the map
Address: Shaw Street, St Helens, WA10 1DQ
St Helens Central is the nearest station for postcodes in WA10, WA11. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from St Helens Central
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Lime Street | 110 | 110 | 24 |
| Wigan North Western | 110 | 110 | 24 |
| Huyton | 102 | 102 | 16 |
| Garswood | 72 | 72 | 16 |
| Prescot | 71 | 71 | 16 |
| Broad Green | 70 | 71 | 16 |
| Bryn | 70 | 70 | 16 |
| Eccleston Park | 70 | 70 | 16 |
| Roby | 70 | 71 | 16 |
| Thatto Heath | 70 | 70 | 16 |
| Wavertree Technology Park | 69 | 70 | 16 |
| Edge Hill | 68 | 69 | 0 |
| Preston | 44 | 44 | 24 |
| Leyland | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Blackpool North | 35 | 35 | 16 |
| Euxton Balshaw Lane | 35 | 36 | 16 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 35 | 35 | 16 |
| Lancaster | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Oxenholme Lake District | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Carlisle | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Glasgow Central | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Lockerbie | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Penrith (North Lakes) | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Motherwell | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Kirkham and Wesham | 3 | 3 | 16 |
How busy St Helens Central is
669,452 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 746th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between St Helens Central and Liverpool Lime Street than any other pair: 324,550 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Thatto Heath 1.6 miles
- St Helens Junction 1.8 miles
- Lea Green 1.8 miles
- Eccleston Park 2.6 miles
- Rainhill 2.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of St Helens Central, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- St Helens Central (GCR) · 0.3 miles
- Gerards Bridge · 0.7 miles
- Peasley Cross · 0.7 miles
- Sutton Oak · 1.2 miles
- Carr Mill · 1.4 miles
- Robins Lane Halt · 1.5 miles
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More about this station on Wikipedia.